There has been studies that prove that when you're wearing something that's uncomfortable,

it overloads your cognitive processes, so it stops your ability to even think.

So you think, oh, just I'm just stirring on something, I'm just trying to look cute.

But you're not realizing that it has a negative consequence when your ability to propose

information, your ability to show up of the best version of yourself.

If you just popped and took a moment to really evaluate how you feel and how you're looking,

then you end up being the better version of yourself.

Well, that's Shakela Forbes-Bell, a fashion psychologist who thinks clothes could be the key

to confidence. I'm Lizelle and welcome to the Lizelle Wellbeing Show, the podcast that brings you

weekly wellness wisdom that you can trust. Well, to be honest, I am always just a little bit wary

of getting stuck in a fashion rut. I think over the years I've tended to wear pretty much the

same things over and over again. Yeah, does that sound familiar? I guess it's because I know my

body shape. I've not got such great legs, so I don't like showing anything too short. I'm slightly

around in the face, so I opt for a scoop neck or v-necks that show a bit of maybe upper chest or

decolate as we're supposed to call it, not too much cleavage, obviously. Something with the waist

always draws my eye as I do have one of those, although I will admit to being partial to an

elasticated waistband. And as for colours, well, living mostly in the rural west country, I tend to

leave black for my sharper city-style days. And I live mostly in various shades of neutral sludge,

you know, maybe a pop of pink now and again to bring a bit of colour to my skin. But you know,

if I'm really honest here, I think that bright colours and patterns do scare me a bit. And I'm also

a bit of a hoarder, so I'm reluctant to try anything new when I just seem to have accumulated so

much. And I'm sure that all these thoughts that are racing around my head right now are exactly

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